Inhaltsverzeichnis

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Foreword by Garrick Keatts
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Foreword by Jonathan Russell
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Preface
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How to Read This Book
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Acknowledgments
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Part I Getting Started
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1 SAP Business Technology Platform and the Intelligent Enterprise
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1.1 The Intelligent Enterprise through the Digital Enterprise
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1.1.1 What Is Digital Transformation?
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1.1.2 What Is an Intelligent Enterprise?
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1.1.3 Components of an SAP-Enabled Intelligent Platform
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1.2 The Role of the Cloud in Digital Transformation
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1.2.1 Cloud Variants
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1.2.2 How the Cloud Supports Digital Transformation
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1.2.3 Key Considerations for Your Journey to the Cloud
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1.3 Cloud-Native Applications: The New Paradigm
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1.3.1 What Are Cloud-Native Applications?
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1.3.2 Microservice Architectures
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1.3.3 Container Architectures
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1.4 Cloud Platforms
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1.5 Pillars of SAP Business Technology Platform
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1.5.1 Database and Data Management
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1.5.2 Analytics
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1.5.3 Application Development and Integration
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1.5.4 Intelligent Technologies
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1.6 Summary
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2 Development Environments
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2.1 Introduction
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2.1.1 SAP Business Technology Platform Architecture
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2.1.2 Development Environments
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2.2 SAP BTP, Cloud Foundry Environment
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2.2.1 Characteristics of Cloud Foundry
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2.2.2 How SAP Business Technology Platform Has Adopted Cloud Foundry
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2.2.3 Cloud Foundry Services Offered by SAP Business Technology Platform
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2.3 SAP BTP, ABAP Environment
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2.3.1 Multi-Tenancy in SAP BTP, ABAP Environment
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2.3.2 Key Cloud-Specific Features
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2.4 SAP BTP, Kyma Runtime
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2.4.1 Overview
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2.4.2 Creating Services
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2.4.3 Creating Functions
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2.5 SAP Build Environment
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2.6 Deployment Based on Development Environment
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2.6.1 Deployment on SAP BTP, Neo Environment
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2.6.2 Deployment on SAP BTP, Cloud Foundry Environment
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2.6.3 Deployment on SAP BTP, Kyma Runtime
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2.6.4 Deployment on SAP BTP, ABAP Environment
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2.7 Use Cases Based on Development Environment
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2.7.1 Application Development Use Cases Supported by SAP BTP, Neo Environment
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2.7.2 Application Development Use Cases Supported by SAP BTP, Cloud Foundry Environment
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2.7.3 Application Development Use Cases Supported by SAP BTP, ABAP Environment
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2.7.4 Application Development Use Cases Supported by SAP BTP, Kyma Runtime
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2.7.5 Application Development Use Cases Supported by SAP Build
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2.8 Summary
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3 Microservices
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3.1 What Is a Microservice?
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3.2 How Does SAP Business Technology Platform Enable Microservices?
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3.2.1 Microservice Design Considerations
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3.2.2 Twelve-Factor App
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3.3 Finding the Right Microservice
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3.4 Consuming Microservices
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3.5 Microservices in SAP BTP, Kyma Runtime
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3.6 Summary
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4 SAP Extension Suite
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4.1 Enhancing Digital Experiences
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4.2 Improving Digital Process Automation
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4.3 Increasing Development Efficiency and Productivity
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4.4 Summary
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Part II Backend and Frontend Cloud Application Development
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5 Working with SAP Business Application Studio
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5.1 Capabilities
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5.2 Setting Up SAP Business Application Studio
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5.2.1 Types of Dev Spaces
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5.2.2 Creating Dev Spaces in SAP Business Application Studio
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5.2.3 Migrating Dev Space Content
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5.2.4 Workspaces in Dev Spaces
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5.3 Developing Your First Cloud Application Using SAP Business Application Studio
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5.3.1 Creating a Project Using the Wizard
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5.3.2 Creating a Project from the Terminal
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5.3.3 Creating a Project in a Local Workspace by Cloning a Repository
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5.3.4 Creating a Project by Importing a Project
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5.3.5 Creating a Project for Low-Code, Full-Stack Development
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5.4 Migrating Projects from SAP Web IDE to SAP Business Application Studio
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5.5 Summary
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6 SAP Cloud Application Programming Model
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6.1 Overview of SAP Cloud Application Programming Model
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6.2 SAP Business Application Studio and Project Setup
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6.2.1 SAP Business Application Studio Overview
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6.2.2 Capabilities
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6.2.3 Setting Up SAP Business Application Studio with SAP BTP
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6.2.4 Project Setup
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6.3 Understanding Domain Modeling
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6.4 Using the Default SQLite Database
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6.5 Using the SAP HANA Cloud Database
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6.5.1 Provisioning an SAP HANA Cloud Instance in SAP BTP, Cloud Foundry Environment
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6.5.2 Adding SAP HANA as the Database for Your SAP Cloud Application Programming Model Application
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6.5.3 Verifying SAP HANA Data in the Database Explorer
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6.6 Generating SAP Fiori User Interfaces
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6.7 Deploying Applications to SAP BTP, Cloud Foundry Environment
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6.8 Consuming External Services
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6.9 Additional Topics
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6.9.1 Localization of SAP Fiori Apps
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6.9.2 Authentication and Authorization
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6.9.3 Annotations
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6.10 Summary
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7 Developing Node.js Applications
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7.1 Creating a Project Using SAP Business Application Studio
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7.2 Connecting to SAP BTP, Cloud Foundry Environment
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7.3 Installing Node.js Modules
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7.3.1 Starting the SAP Cloud Application Programming Model Server
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7.4 Creating Core Data Services Resources for Our Sample Project
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7.4.1 Creating Files for Domain Models
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7.4.2 Creating Files for Service Definitions
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7.4.3 Creating Data Files
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7.5 Creating SAP HANA Cloud Artifacts
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7.5.1 Binding Resources to the SAP HANA Deployment Infrastructure Container Service
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7.5.2 Deploying Artifacts in SAP Business Application Studio
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7.5.3 Viewing Database Artifacts Using SAP HANA Database Explorer
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7.6 Deploying Applications to SAP BTP, Cloud Foundry
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7.7 Summary
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8 Developing Java Applications
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8.1 Creating a Project from a Template
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8.2 Creating a Java Application
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8.3 Creating a Service Instance and Binding It to an Application
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8.3.1 Creating an SAP HANA Deployment Infrastructure Container Service Instance
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8.3.2 Deploying Artifacts in a Backend Database in SAP Business Application Studio
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8.3.3 Viewing Database Artifacts Using the SAP HANA Database Explorer
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8.4 Creating Core Data Services Domain Models and Services Based on SAP HANA Artifacts
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8.4.1 Creating a Calculation View
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8.4.2 Creating a Domain Model Based on a Calculation View
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8.4.3 Creating a Service Definition
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8.5 Deploying Applications to SAP BTP, Cloud Foundry
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8.6 Summary
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9 Developing ABAP Applications
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9.1 SAP BTP, ABAP Environment, Architecture and Overview
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9.2 Provisioning an SAP BTP, ABAP Environment, Trial
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9.3 ABAP Development Tools for Eclipse
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9.4 ABAP RESTful Application Programming Model
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9.4.1 Data Modeling and Behavior
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9.4.2 Business Service Provisioning
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9.4.3 Service Consumption
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9.5 Developing a List Report App
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9.5.1 Business Requirements
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9.5.2 Creating an ABAP Package and Database Table
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9.5.3 Building an ABAP RESTful Application Programming Model Application
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9.6 Managed versus Unmanaged Transactional Apps
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9.7 Developing a Managed App
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9.8 Adding Draft Capabilities to Managed Apps
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9.9 Developing an Unmanaged App
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9.10 Developing a Web API
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9.11 Transport Management
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9.12 Summary
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10 Developing Applications in SAP Business Technology Platform, Kyma Runtime
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10.1 SAP BTP, Kyma Runtime
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10.2 Use Cases
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10.3 Building with Kyma
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10.3.1 Prerequisite Configuration
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10.3.2 Configuring SAP BTP, Kyma Runtime, and Service Deployment
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10.3.3 Creating Pairing and Application Programming Interface Rules
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10.4 Summary
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11 Developing SAP Fiori Applications
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11.1 Overview and Architecture
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11.2 SAP Fiori Tools in SAP Business Application Studio
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11.3 Freestyle SAP Fiori versus SAP Fiori Elements
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11.4 Developing Complex Freestyle SAP Fiori Applications
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11.4.1 Developing List Detail Applications
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11.4.2 Basic Files in SAPUI5 Applications
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11.5 Developing Complex SAP Fiori Elements Applications
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11.5.1 Determining Floorplans
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11.5.2 Determining Data Sources and Other Details
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11.5.3 Guided Development
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11.6 Deploying an Application
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11.7 Extending Freestyle Applications
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11.8 Extending SAP Fiori Elements Applications
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11.9 SAP Launchpad Service on SAP BTP
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11.10 Summary
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Part III Operating Applications
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12 DevOps Implementation
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12.1 DevOps Fundamentals
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12.1.1 Core Tenets of DevOps
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12.1.2 DevOps Inner Circles
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12.1.3 Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery
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12.2 Implementing Tooling for DevOps
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12.2.1 Continuous Everything
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12.2.2 Requirements Management
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12.2.3 Collaborative Development Tools
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12.2.4 Deployment Options in the Cloud
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12.2.5 Quality Assurance
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12.2.6 Monitoring and Feedback
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12.2.7 Continuous Delivery Options in SAP BTP
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12.3 Best Practices for DevOps in SAP
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12.4 DevOps Tooling Integration for SAP and Hybrid Landscapes
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12.5 Summary
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13 Security
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13.1 SAP BTP Authentication Options
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13.1.1 Identity Authentication
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13.1.2 Solution Overview for User Authentication via the SAP BTP User Store
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13.1.3 Solution Overview for User Authentication using a Corporate User Store
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13.1.4 Solution Overview for User Authentication Using Your Own Identity Provider
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13.2 SAP BTP Single Sign-On
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13.2.1 Application-to-Application Single Sign-On
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13.2.2 SAP Assertion SSO
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13.2.3 Principal Propagation
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13.3 Access Management on SAP BTP
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13.3.1 Key Concepts in User Authentication in SAP BTP
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13.3.2 User Account and Authentication Service
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13.3.3 Web Access
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13.4 Authorizations for Applications on SAP BTP, Cloud Foundry Environment
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13.4.1 Access Control
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13.4.2 Security Artifacts for Authorizations
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13.4.3 Authorization Enforcement
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13.4.4 Scopes, Role Templates, and Attributes
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13.5 Web Security for Applications in SAP BTP
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13.5.1 Protection against Cross-Origin Resource Sharing
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13.5.2 Protecting against Cross-Site Request Forgery
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13.5.3 Protecting against Click-Jacking Attempts
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13.5.4 Protecting against Cross-Site Scripting
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13.5.5 Setting Up Timeouts for Application User Sessions
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13.5.6 Securing Node.js Applications
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13.5.7 Securing Your Java Applications
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13.6 Summary
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14 Application Monitoring
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14.1 Monitoring Java Applications
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14.2 Monitoring Database Systems
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14.3 Monitoring Cloud Foundry Applications
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14.3.1 Activating Application Log
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14.3.2 Visualizing Application Log
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14.4 Monitoring Application Programming Interfaces
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14.4.1 Representational State Transfer Application Programming Interfaces for Java Applications in Neo
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14.4.2 Representational State Transfer Application Programming Interfaces for Database Systems and SAP HANA Extended Application Services
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14.5 Monitoring Applications with Notifications
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14.6 SAP Automation Pilot
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14.6.1 Concepts
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14.6.2 How SAP Automation Pilot Works
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14.7 Summary
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Part IV Intelligent Technologies
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15 SAP Workflow Management
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15.1 Overview
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15.2 Key Capabilities
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15.2.1 Process Model
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15.2.2 User Interfaces
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15.2.3 Configuring Workflow Steps
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15.2.4 Triggering the Workflow
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15.2.5 Configuring the Rules
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15.2.6 Process Visibility
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15.3 Integrations
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15.3.1 Integration Specific to Workflow Steps
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15.3.2 Integrating Intelligent Services
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15.4 Model Architecture for Workflow on SAP Business Technology Platform
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15.5 Workflow Package
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15.6 Workflow Monitoring
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15.7 Summary
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16 Business Rules
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16.1 Introduction to SAP Business Technology Platform Business Rules
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16.2 Key Concepts and Features
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16.3 Setting Up Enterprise-Level Business Rules
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16.4 Summary
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17 Internet of Things
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17.1 Architecture
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17.2 Business Services
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17.3 SAP Edge Services
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17.4 Core Application Programming Interfaces
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17.5 Setting Up SAP Internet of Things Artifacts
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17.5.1 Device Onboarding
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17.5.2 Setting Up Digital Twins
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17.6 Summary
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18 Understanding Robotic Process Automation
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18.1 Designing the Process Automation
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18.1.1 Basics of Robotic Process Automation Design
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18.1.2 Projects
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18.1.3 Agents
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18.1.4 Captures
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18.1.5 Packages
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18.1.6 Deployment
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18.2 Orchestrating Automation Processes
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18.3 Attended and Scheduled Bots
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18.4 Imbuing Intelligence in Bots
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18.5 Integration
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18.6 Security
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18.7 Benefits of SAP Intelligent Robotic Process Automation
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18.8 Summary
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19 SAP Conversational AI
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19.1 Introduction to SAP Conversational AI
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19.2 Key Concepts
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19.2.1 Natural Language Processing Engine
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19.2.2 Intents
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19.2.3 Expressions
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19.2.4 Entities
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19.3 Designing a Bot
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19.3.1 Bot Building Process
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19.3.2 Bot Connector
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19.3.3 Bot Monitoring and Analytics
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19.3.4 SAP Conversational AI Application Programming Interfaces
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19.3.5 Transporting Bots
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19.3.6 Roles and Permissions
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19.4 Enterprise Use Cases
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19.5 Summary
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20 SAP Data Intelligence
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20.1 Introduction to SAP Data Intelligence
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20.2 Key Features
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20.3 Applications
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20.3.1 Metadata and Governance
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20.3.2 SAP Data Intelligence Modeler and Built-in Operators
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20.3.3 Python Software Development Kit
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20.3.4 Machine Learning Tracking
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20.4 Building a Machine Learning Scenario with Data Intelligence
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20.5 Summary
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21 Conclusion and Roadmap
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21.1 Chapter Summaries
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21.2 The Intelligent Enterprise
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21.3 Cloud Platforms
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21.4 Digital Innovation
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21.5 SAP BTP Roadmap
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21.6 Summary
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The Authors
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Index
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